Hello World!

Lil joke for all the other web devs out there.

Anyways, jokes aside, welcome to my site! You have probably already been greeted by the Home page, but there’s nothing wrong with making sure someone feels welcomed, right? Exactly! I’m glad you agree with me on that one. Well, feel free to make yourself at home, you can just leave your shoes right there (shoe laces tucked inside the shoe, you can never be too safe with a cat running around), and the bathroom is through that door right there.

I figured I would just put on some nice, chill music and we could order some pizza. Do you have any preferences? I will at least make sure we get cheese because that is what I usually eat, so we at least have that basic option covered. Also, do you have any preferences on where we order from? I am not a huge fan of Papa John’s. I’m not sure if it’s just the one we have around here, but we ordered it one time way back when, and it was awful. And I’m the type where I will finish a pizza, even if it’s not that great, but I barely got through a single slice of that before I had to give up. I was really disappointed, like I had never had Papa John’s before that, so I was kinda hoping it would be good. I just think it was some bad cheese or something like that. There’s probably nothing inherently wrong with Papa John’s itself. But you know how it is, first impressions are important, and that event scarred me so much that I have not even thought of trying it again, strictly out of fear that it would happen again.

But if you don’t want pizza we could also do tacos, I have been kinda craving that lately. Especially Tasty Tacos, they have no right being that good. And the Spanish rice they have is great too! So good! I am so glad I was introduced to that restaurant all those years ago. I was not a big “taco” person before I moved to the area ya know, but the first time I had Tasty Tacos is when it all changed for me. It’s kinda funny that people look at the world we live in right now, and think everything is terrible. I mean, even I am guilty of that sort of thinking, but like damn. I think sometimes the negative thoughts and feelings we have on current events can cloud our judgement of all the good things we have in this world too! Because when I first had Tasty Tacos, life wasn’t exactly easy for me. Things felt kinda crazy and chaotic then too, but at the same time I was also introduced to some super delicious food, so it wasn’t all bad. But overall, I had a more positive outlook on things back then. I was a fresh-faced, young lad trying to figure out how I was going to leave my mark on the world.

And it’s not like I have lost that ambition either. I think the main thing that has changed since then though is this: we all have a limited time on this Earth and in this world. We shouldn’t take it for granted, and I think realizing just how quickly time can fly has made me realize that I don’t want to spend a majority of my free time doing “work”, grinding away just for me to get to the end of this whole ride and having felt like “I didn’t get as much enjoyment out of this as I had wanted.” I had to take a look at myself and ask “What in my life truly brings me joy?” and I think I have found some answers to that. That is obviously a very tough question to give a full and confident answer to, but I have realized that spending time with the people I enjoy the most is actually a great use of my time. Whereas before, I would have felt guilty for hanging out and having fun (because that could be time spent being “productive” or doing something more efficient), but time spent having fun is NOT time that has been wasted, even if my brain is constantly trying to tell me the opposite for some reason.

And while it is nice to have things that are cool (because productivity means making money which means you can buy cool things with said money, capitalism, etc.), I think it can be more fulfilling in life to have great people and lots of memories. You won’t be able to take either of those things with you when you leave this mortal plane of existence, but think about it like this: when you are lying on your deathbed, are you going to be reminiscing on all the cool things you bought, or are you going to be thinking about all the great people you have surrounded yourself with throughout the years? Exactly… And that’s part of why I text my mom every day at 4:20… Well, that is at least part of the reason, but she also just likes to hear from me to learn about my day. I set a reminder on my phone just so I can text her. Honestly, I think everyone should do that if their relationship with their mom is good. Mothers went through so much effort to create you and raise you, and that is just one small way you can let her know “You are appreciated” – Tupac Shakur